1809.] 
a country, which neither vields him a 
revenue, noracknowledges his authority; ° 
is only a mockery of his fallen and de~’ 
graded state, and unworthy of a reat 
and powerful nation, whose sovereignty 
Is fully established on a firm, and un- 
equivocal basis. The next and principal, 
step, towards equalizing the rate of ex- 
change, is the establishment of a nati- 
onal bank, on a broad and solid founda- 
tion, capa e of withstanding the united 
jifluence of the native bankers $5-an act 
of government should be passed to give a, 
legality, and currency to its votes, in all 
parts of the ; *;vinces, and the epiteceans 
of the revenue should be -directed to 
receive them from the Zemindars, in pay- 
ment of their rents; this measure would 
stamp a value upon them among the 
cautious Hindu villagers; and pave the 
way to a general aor, which 
would conse quently precinde-the neces- 
sity of applying to the Shroffs for re- 
mittances, as a bank-note can as easily 
be conveycd in a letter, as the Ioondhice 
“ef anative banker. 
There are many people both in India 
and in Engiand, who have made ‘this 
business their particular study, aud are 
mucli better qualified to deliver their 
sentiments, in a regular and digested 
plan, than myself; and I only hope, the 
few crude observations which [- have 
made, may induce them to employ their 
talents in) arranging a system of suchr 
general benefit, as the emancipation of 
commerce from the griping fangs of Hin- 
du money-changers. 
(To be continued. ) 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
PLANSOfREFOR Min the REPRESENTATION 
of the COMMONS im PARLIAMENT. 
No: IT. 
IIE sub-committee ‘appointed by a 
general meeting of the inhabitants 
of Oreck: nabfthed a Report of a 
Plan of Reform, with a most argumen- 
tative and eloquent imtroduction. 
The Report is as underneath :— 
Pian for taking the Suffrages of the, Peo- 
ple, at the Election “Of Representatives 
to serve in Parliament. 
Art. I, That each county be divided 
into as many districts, as it is entitled to 
elect Representatives, cach district claim- 
ing one Representative, 
Art. If. That the division of the 
county into districts, be constituted in 
such a manner, that each district contain 
nearly an equal number of males, com- 
petent to vote in elections regard being 
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had as much as may be to the parochial 
divisions of the kinedom, so that each 
diviston comprehend a certain number of 
parishes. And moreover, that each dis- 
tRict receive its denomination from the 
parish, containing the greatest number 
of electors. 
Art. 1, That the election of Repre- 
sentatives to servein Parliament, be held 
annually: through England ae Wales, 
on the first Tuesday in July; that the 
election commence between the hours of 
Eieht and Eleven, and be finally closed 
before the sun-set of the same-day. 
Art. IV. That the-male inhabitants of 
this country, (aliens; minors, criminals, 
and insane persons excepted,) be ad- 
mitted to vote at the election of Repre- 
sentatives; subject only to. the forms, 
provisions, and regulations, specified=in 
this report. 
V. That the number of Representatives, 
returned by the inhabitants of each county 
of England and Wales, be settled for the 
term of seven years, next eel ace 
cording to the fallowir ¢ schedule 
That the ec Unty of Rutland, and 
the. two Universities, return 
each ‘two Representatives — 6 
The counties of Huntingdon and 
Westmoreland, each three s— 6 
The county of Bedfos “d, five 5— 5 
Berkshire, Cumberland, Here- 
fordshire, each six - 6—15 
Bucks, Cambridgeshire, with 
Ely, Hertfordshire, Dorset, 
Nottinghamshire, Oxford- 
shire, each seven = > 7—42 
Leicestersh’ re o— & 
Sussex, Wa rwickshire, Wore 
cestershire, each nine’ = 9—97- 
Cheshire, Cornwall, Derby- 
shire, Northamptonshire, Sa- 
lop, Staffordshire, each ten . 10—60 
Hampshire, Wiltshive, each. 
eleven - - - - 11—22 
Glougestershire - - = | 138—138 
Essex, Surrey, with Southwark, — - 
each sixteen = - 
Tincolnshire, seventeen = 
Kent, Lancashire, Somerset, 
Smell: each eighteen - 18—72 
ote Biel (Bishopric ky) with: 
Northumberland, — Devon, 
each twenty-one - - 21—42 
Norfolk, twenty-two . 29-29 
Wales with Monmouth, thirty  SO—80 
Middlesex with — London, and ‘ 
Westininster, forty five +.- 45-45 
Yorksltire, forty-six’ 2°. + A6—46 
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